More than a decade in the making, a Dominion Energy employee’s side-gig invention is set to hit the market.
Local inventor wants to cut out hair salon hassles
Jack Jacobs
Jack joined BizSense in 2020, covering startups, retail, healthcare, public companies and nonprofits. He previously reported for the Virginia Gazette and Tidewater Review. He is a graduate of Christopher Newport University. Reach him at [email protected] or 804-554-6545.
Underground Kitchen founder launches hunger relief nonprofit amid pandemic
The coronavirus has spawned a new local hunger relief nonprofit, one that intends to stick around after the pandemic subsides.
Pandemic pivot: Richmond startup brings cocktails to your living room
Thirsting for revenue after the coronavirus pandemic dried up business at his local bartending school, Mike Love got creative.
Sur La Table the latest tenant to ditch Stony Point Fashion Park
The national cookware chain, which on Wednesday filed for bankruptcy, is permanently leaving the struggling Southside mall. It’s Sur La Table’s only location in the Richmond region.
Richmond startup wants to be the LinkedIn-meets-Zillow for collegiate recruiting
STAC, founded by former UR, VMI and Ferrum football players, is a website for high school athletes to promote themselves and for coaches to more easily find their recruits. It has raised $800,000 from investors to date.
Westhampton School rehab lands Spider Management as first office tenant
UR’s investment arm signs on as the former school property at Libbie and Patterson is in the midst of a $73 million redevelopment.
Foot Locker plots return to the city – and to Broad Street
Running against the current in a tough time for traditional retail, a national chain is sizing up Richmond for a potential expansion.
Carytown’s Need Supply to permanently close
The clothier, which has been a fixture of Carytown since the 1990s, is shutting down due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Local Mexican restaurant chain adds another location in West End
A regional chain of Mexican restaurants has looked to the West End for its sixth location.
Nonprofit aims to cover cost to remove city-owned Confederate monuments
As the Stonewall Jackson Monument came down from its pedestal for the first time in more than 100 years on Wednesday, a newly formed nonprofit initiative was working behind the scenes to help cover the cost of the removal.